Penrose limit of AdS(3) X S(3) X S(3) X S(1) and its associated sigma model

Abstract

We study the Penrose limit of a supersymmetric IIB background, with non-trivial NS 3-form field strength, obtaining a solution with the smallest number of supercharges (i.e. 16) allowed; we write down explicitly the superalgebra of the theory, build the supersymmetric associated IIB string sigma model and make conjectures on the dual gauge theory.